but if Sam tried to stop him I guess he would (b) go head on into a fist fight. If Sam was sleeping as in (a) then Frodo would sneak off, Gollum would attack him, and he would (d) choke Gollum. Retribution.

He would probably tie Sam up with the Elvish rope and make him carry both their backpacks. He would, after all, still need a servant for his way to Mordor, where he would then overthrow Sauron and set himself up as the new Dark Lord.

Sam wouldn't be able to escape or resist, precisely because of being too tired after having been forced to carry two backpacks all day long. What a devious plan.

Imagine this for a second. Frodo and Sam are back in the Shire after their long journey and are getting wasted. Frodo is missing a finger and in the beat of the moment spills his beer all over Sam. Sam is complitely wasted and frustrated that he still hasn't been able to bang the barmaid and Frodo spilling his beer on him in front of everybody is just too much.

So who do you think would win this battle? "But a small dark figure that none had observed sprang out of the shadows and gave a hoarse shout: 'Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!' An axe swung and swept back. Two Orcs fell headless. The rest fled."

Remember towards the end of ROTK(movie) frodo was like, "the ring is mine" and the slips it on, vanishes and fights with gollum who ofc was pretty desperate to claim back his precious. In the end, both fall off the cliff(?) and frodo was saved by sam while gollum & the one ring fall to their deaths-- pure chance there i would say!

Also, i have to reeeeally hand it to sam for being such an awesome friend; frodo had ditched him on their way to mt. doom yet he continued following him bcos he knew gollum was a big threat and ended up saving frodo from shelob. /standing ovation/ :'> #dftba